The Idea

L'idée

Synopsis

Based on Frans Mesareel’s famed woodcuts, this animated film classic was the first trick film with a radical film: a revolutionary idea (in the shape of a nude woman) is conceived by the artist, condemned by the world, the rich, and the church, but lives on, forever stirring men to revolt.

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Certainly valuable, but could use a restoration. Three powerful creators (not the least of which is Arthur Honegger for his score) have given us a perennial animated document concerning the beauty and hardship of a single mindful truth butting heads with other people's "single mindful truths." In this case, Adolph
Hitler and the Nazi party vs the equality of mankind.